DREW PHILLIPS, Managing Director and owner of Castella Quarries, provides an insight into the development of his family business and its future in the extractive industry. “Our mission is to provide high quality products that conform to VicRoads specifications,” a bold statement for a first generation quarry owner. But one which the current generation of the Phillips family is …
TEJ PANESAR, reflects on the last financial year and the challenges for the next year. The current year has continued to be full of challenges for the Associates with reduced activity for goods and services to be supplied to the Industry as a whole and our members in general. The withdrawal of major infrastructure projects has had …
Does your business have copies of the CMPA Reference Manuals? Do you need to replenish your stock of Operator Checklists? Make the most of your membership and place an order with the Secretariat today! The CMPA has a wide variety of support documentation available for its Members’ use. These are essential resources that should be available at every operating site. …
IM CAIRNS, Sales Manager for Galesafe Weighing (Vic/Tas) reports on a brand new product, Loadrite’s InsightHQ, which aims to answer a Quarry Manager’s question “What is actually happening in my quarry?” With the internet changing the way we all do business, and everybody’s desire for “need it now” information, this new product takes data from Loadrite scales on …
Fair Work Australia (FWA) has handed down its 2015 Annual Wage Review Decision. GAVIN MOREIRA, Member Services Manager, CMPA reports on the changes to wage rates and allowances. The 2015/16 financial year is well under way; please ensure your employee wages and allowances have been updated. Fair Work Australia’s 2015 annual wage review, took effect from the …
ROSS KELLY, Business Manager for William Adams Institute of Training reports on the benefits to your business for Operator Training. If I may just start by asking a few questions for you to ponder: Do you operate mobile plant at your operation? What is the real cost if it is not running efficiently or worse, is down? …
The last twelve months have seen WorkSafe Victoria develop a comprehensive Quarry Oversight Inspection Checklist. The purpose of the checklist is to develop an internal document to assist inspectors and while it was provided to the industry for feedback it is never intended to become a ‘top to bottom’ tick the box tool. It is a tool to assist …
The 2015 CMPA Annual Dinner was held at the Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre in Wangaratta. JACINTA GALL, CMPA Administration Support Officer reviews a fantastic weekend. The weekend began with fifteen CMPA members participating in Down the Line and Skeet shooting at the Wangaratta Clay Target Club. Beautiful sunshine, a great spread for morning tea and some friendly rivalry …
GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Member Services Manager, provides a summary of the CMPA Annual Report. Chairperson’s Report – Garry Cranny Over the last year the CMPA has continued to represent and service the needs of Members by providing advice, advocacy in the domain of industry-regulator relationships, business networking opportunities, as well as in the provision of materials to assist …
The CMPA has made a submission to the State Environment Protection Policy (Waters) Review which is given below. The State Government approval process for quarries is long, expensive and complex. No thought is given by Government to the impact of the aggregated effect of different legislative changes from different State Government Departments on the extractive industry. This is leading …